The Jurchens and the Jurchens are not unchanged. Sometimes the Jurchens cannot bear the oppression of the Khitans and rebellion. After being defeated, they fled back to the mountains and became Jurchens. Some Jurchens defected to the Khitans for various reasons and became Jurchens. For example, Wanyan Wuguna, the grandfather of the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, defected to the Liao Kingdom and thus became a Jurchen. With the power of the Liao Kingdom, the Wanyan tribe became more and more powerful, laying the foundation for the future overthrow of the Liao Kingdom.

However, Wanyan Aguda has not been born yet, and even his grandfather Wanyan Wuguna is just a child now, far from the time when Wanyan rose. Moreover, the Jurchens during this period were very miserable. Their number was not as large as the Han people, and they were not as good as the Han people who could help the Khitans rule the country. Therefore, in the eyes of the Khitans, the Jurchens were actually more troublesome barbarians in the north.

In order to rule the Jurchens, the Khitans transformed some Jurchens into mature Jurchens through forced and inducement. However, even if they defected to the Liao Kingdom, these mature Jurchens still had a very miserable life. For example, every summer, Nabo would move to the north to escape the summer heat. At that time, the leaders of various departments of the mature Jurchens had to go to pay tribute to the Liao emperor.

The Jurchens mainly make a living by fishing and hunting, and their food sources are very unstable. Especially in winter, a large number of Jurchens die of starvation every year due to insufficient supplies. In this case, they also have to give the most precious prey to the Liao emperor, such as tiger skins, bear paws, etc., which can be exchanged for a lot of money, so these tributes are also a heavy burden on the mature Jurchens.

What's even more cruel is that even if the tribute is given, the Khitans still do not regard the Jurchens as humans. As long as they are not in line with the Khitans' wishes, they may cause death. For example, according to Zhao Anren, a few years ago, a Jurchen leader gave tribute. At the banquet, Yelu Longxu asked the Jurchen leader to sing and dance to cheer him up. As a result, a Jurchen leader was chopped off his head by Yelu Longxu because his singing was too ugly, and then he made his skull into a wine glass to drink.

Things like the above are not isolated cases, but almost every year. Zhao Anren is a eunuch and his eyes are not that long-term. However, after hearing this, Li Zhang felt that this might be the Khitan strategy of ruling the Jurchens. Simply put, it is to pay equal attention to gratitude. They support the mature Jurchens to suppress the birth of Jurchens, and also exercise harsh rule over the mature women, so that the mature Jurchens can plant fear of the Khitans in their hearts, making them dare not resist.

Of course, under such cruel rule, there will still be some desperate mature Jurchens who are forced to fight back, but this is also the plan of the Khitans, because the rebellious Jurchen tribe faces other mature Jurchens who dare not resist. The Khitans will definitely order them to suppress the rebels. In this way, the strength of both sides will be greatly consumed in the war. With this means, the power of the Jurchens can be continuously consumed, thus preventing them from threatening the Khitans' rule.

The news that Li Zhang could find from Zhao Anren was still too limited. After all, he was a eunuch and it was difficult for him to leave the palace. In addition, his status was not high, so his main attention was also focused on the palace. Therefore, the news that Zhao Anrenneng provided was mostly rumors, and of course there were some confidential information, such as the attitude of the royal family and nobles towards the Jurchens in the Liao Dynasty, etc., which also allowed Li Zhang to collect a lot of useful information.

Two days later, the news of the mission's return to Song was finally issued. Yelu Zhirang led a team of cavalry to escort Li Zhang and the others away from Nabo, and did not see Yelu Longxu again when he left. However, according to the information revealed by Yelu Zhirang, it is probably the day of Yelu Longxu's deadline will be within one or two months.

However, no matter when Yelu Longxu died, it has nothing to do with Li Zhang now. The other party will definitely not allow the Song Dynasty mission to stay in the Liao Kingdom when the imperial power is changed. Therefore, Li Zhang and the others were almost forced to be driven out of Nabo, and they didn't even have to return to Zhongjing, but rushed directly to Xijin Prefecture, which made the mission less trouble.

On the way, Yelu Zhirang kept asking Li Zhang about Yan Niang, and Li Zhang told him everything he could say. He could see that Yelu Zhirang's feelings for Yan Niang were not mixed with other impurities, but were a very pure sibling relationship. Just like him and Li Er, when he thought of Li Er, Li Zhang's desire to return was even stronger.

Of course, while Yelu Zhirang was asking Li Zhang about Yan Niang, Li Zhang also took this opportunity to inquire about many things in Liao. Although Yelu Zhirang was not old, he was also a top aristocratic family and was studying with the prince since he was a child. He was a good writer and had a great memory. His knowledge was much stronger than Zhao Anren.

However, Yelu Zhirang was also very alert. Some things that should not be said were very strict. Li Zhang gave up after testing them a few times and only asked about the news that the other party was willing to say, such as the situation on the Jurchen side, and he found a lot of useful news.

The Jurchens are now a mess of sand and their combat power is also a group of scumbags. They are not only bullied by the Khitans, but even small countries like Goryeo can kill Jurchens. This does not mean that the Jurchens are weak, but that most of the Jurchens are in a primitive society and cannot even make iron tools. Some tribes can even use bones as weapons, and are basically a group of savages, so any more organized troops can kill them and flee all over the mountain.

It is precisely because the Jurchens were too weak that when Yelu Zhirang mentioned the Jurchens, he was as disdainful as Zhao Anren. Even from his tone, Li Zhang could feel that the Khitans did not treat the Jurchens as humans, but treated them as wild animals. This is also the idea of ​​most Khitan nobles.

However, Li Zhang knew very clearly that although the Jurchens are very weak now, in their contact with the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchens are also absorbing the starlight of civilization bit by bit. They learned how to build weapons from the Liao people, how to form an army, and how to treat the cruelty of the enemy.

It is estimated that the Khitans now would never dream of the fact that a hundred years later, the Jurchens rose like a hurricane, and then swept across the entire Liao Kingdom. The Khitans had no power to resist and were either killed or mixed into other nations in the end. The Khitan, a nation that once established a huge empire, completely disappeared from the dust of history. Even the Khitan words have many countless interpretations in later generations, which also led to countless mysteries in the historical research of later generations.

Of course, the Song Dynasty was not out of the way. Even if the tragic tragedy of Jingkang's shame was reviewed a thousand years later, it was still heartbreaking. Li Zhang calculated his life span and he might not be able to catch up, but his children and grandchildren were likely to catch up, so Li Zhang also quietly added a Jurchen to his killing list.
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